diff -w -r1.13 OutSupport.java
157c157
<                 w.print(obj.toString());
---
>                 w.write(obj.toString());
163,165c163,166
<                 int c;
<                 while ((c=reader.read()) != -1) {
<                     escapeChar((char)c, w);
---
>                 char[] buf = new char[4096];
>                 int count;
>                 while ((count=reader.read(buf, 0, 4096)) != -1) {
>                     writeEscaped(buf, count, w);
169,172c170,174
<                 // avoid needless double-buffering (is this really more efficient?)
<                 for (int i = 0; i < text.length(); i++) {
<                     char c = text.charAt(i);
<                     escapeChar(c, w);
---
>                 int start = 0;
>                 //cache the length, avoid to call to String.length()
>                 int length = text.length();
>                 char[] buf = text.toCharArray();
>                 writeEscaped(buf,length,w);
175a178,203
>     private final static int HIGHEST_SPECIAL = '>'+1;
>     static char[][] specialCharactersRepresentation = new char[HIGHEST_SPECIAL][];
>     static {
>         specialCharactersRepresentation['&'] = "&amp;".toCharArray();
>         specialCharactersRepresentation['<'] = "&lt;".toCharArray();
>         specialCharactersRepresentation['>'] = "&gt;".toCharArray();
>         specialCharactersRepresentation['"'] = "&#034;".toCharArray();
>         specialCharactersRepresentation['\''] = "&#039;".toCharArray();
>     }
>     private static void writeEscaped(char[] buffer, int length, JspWriter w) throws IOException{
>         int start = 0;
>         for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
>             char c = buffer[i];
>             if (c <= HIGHEST_SPECIAL) {
>                 char[] escaped = specialCharactersRepresentation[c];
>                 if (escaped != null) {
>                     if (start < i) {
>                         w.write(buffer,start,i-start);
>                     }
>                     start = i+1;
>                     w.write(escaped);
>                 }
>             }
>         }
>         if (start < length) {
>             w.write(buffer,start,length-start);
177,190d204
<     
<     private static void escapeChar(char c, JspWriter w) throws IOException {
<         if (c == '&')
<             w.print("&amp;");
<         else if (c == '<')
<             w.print("&lt;");
<         else if (c == '>')
<             w.print("&gt;");
<         else if (c == '"')
<             w.print("&#034;");
<         else if (c == '\'')
<             w.print("&#039;");